// Station · 30m ago

ETHF

Fritzlar Army Airfield

CAT VFR

WIND 350° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 22°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.27 inHg

ELEV 565 FT

51.1146°N / 9.2860°E

LOCATION · Fritzlar, DE

WIND

350°9 kt

ETHF · 565 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

350°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW045

T / Td

22 / 10

ALTIM

30.27"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 350°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 4,500 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR ETHF 271020Z 35009KT 9999 FEW045 22/10 Q1025 BLU+BLU+

ETHF · day 27 at 10:20 UTC · wind from 350° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,500 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.27" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 350° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

350°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

29★ HDG 290° H5 kt X8 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,413'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

11 HDG 110° T5 kt X8 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,565 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL). Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying. // On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.

// Density altitude · ISA +7°C

1,100FT

+535 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -500 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV565 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT217 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EDVK (Kassel Airport, Calden, elev 820 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW045

Few · base 4,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,676 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+1)

03:19ZSUNRISE

11:21ZSOLAR NOON

19:23ZSUNSET

20:07ZCIVIL END

CURRENT10:50Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 33m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:07Z (9h 16m) DAY LENGTH16h 03m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE12:02Z MOONSET04:06Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 3 shown · 60 NM radius

EDVK

VFR

Kassel Airport · Calden

WIND: 310° / 7 kt
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 19 NM N
AGE: 30m ago

EDLP

VFR

Paderborn Lippstadt Airport · Büren

WIND: 350° / 3 kt
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 39 NM NW
AGE: 30m ago

EDGS

VFR

Siegerland Airport · Burbach

WIND: 340° / 10 kt
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 52 NM SW
AGE: 30m ago

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